Minuscule 271 Explained

Minuscule 271 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering), ε 169 (Soden),[1] is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.[2]

Description

The codex contains the text of the four Gospels on 252 parchment leaves . The text is written in two columns per page, in 22 lines per page.[2]

The text is divided according to the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (chapters), whose numbers are given at the margin, and their Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: τιτλοι (titles of chapters) at the top of the pages. There is also another division according to the smaller Ammonian Sections, but without references to the Eusebian Canons.

It contains the Epistula ad Carpianum, Eusebian Canon tables, tables of the Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: κεφαλαια (tables of contents) before each Gospel, and portraits of the four Evangelists before each Gospel.[3]

Text

The Greek text of the codex is a representative of the Byzantine text-type. Hermann von Soden classified it to Ak (Antiocheian – i.e. Byzantine – commentated text). Kurt Aland did not place it in any Category.[4] According to the Claremont Profile Method it represents textual family Kx in Luke 1 and Luke 20, and belongs to the textual cluster Ω. In Luke 10 no profile was made.[5]

Textually it is close to the codex 53.

History

The manuscripts was added to the list of New Testament manuscripts by Scholz (1794-1852).[6] It was examined and described by Paulin Martin.[7] C. R. Gregory saw it in 1885.[3]

The manuscript is currently housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (Suppl. Gr. 75) at Paris.[2]

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Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Gregory, Caspar René. Caspar René Gregory. Die griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testament. 1908. J. C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung. Leipzig. 57.
  2. Book: Aland , K. . Kurt Aland . M. Welte . B. Köster . K. Junack . Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neues Testaments . . 1994 . Berlin, New York . 63 . 3-11-011986-2 .
  3. Book: Gregory , Caspar René . Caspar René Gregory . Textkritik des Neuen Testaments . J.C. Hinrichs . 1900 . Leipzig . 1 . 174 .
  4. Book: Aland , Kurt . Kurt Aland . Aland . Barbara . Barbara Aland . Erroll F. Rhodes (trans.) . The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism . . 1995 . Grand Rapids . 132, 138 . 978-0-8028-4098-1.
  5. Book: Wisse , Frederik . The Profile Method for the Classification and Evaluation of Manuscript Evidence, as Applied to the Continuous Greek Text of the Gospel of Luke . . 1982 . Grand Rapids . 58 . 0-8028-1918-4 . registration .
  6. Book: Scrivener , Frederick Henry Ambrose . Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener . Edward Miller . . . 1894 . London . 4 . 225 . 1 .
  7. [Paulin Martin|Jean-Pierre-Paul Martin]